Monthly Archives: January 2011

Dear Mr. Smith, Thank you for your thoughtful note. We do not agree that contraception is the “root cause of abortion.” Tens of millions of Christians, many of them Catholic, practice some form of contraception but are profoundly opposed to abortion. I can find no scriptural support for the proposition that natural family planning, for instance, is sin — and I see no evidence that a disinclination to create life necessarily leads to an inclination to destroy it. I know that the supposed connection between contraception and abortion has become an article of faith in some circles but I see…

Obama’s hypnotic effect on weak-minded voters reminds me of a classic exchange in the first Star Wars movie in which storm troopers, who are searching for Ben and Luke’s droids, stop Ben and Luke to interrogate them about the droids with which they are traveling. One demands of Luke, “Let me see your identification.” Ben intervenes and contradicts the trooper, “You don’t need to see his identification.” After a confused pause, the trooper’s aggression gives way to compliance, “We don’t need to see his identification” he says. Ben then asserts “These are not the droids you are looking for.” The…